Safety mount for an outboard motor



A. D. DOWNS SAFETY MOUNT FOR AN OUTBOARD MOTOR April 26, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Oct. 20, 1953 INVENTOR. ALVA D. Downs ATTORNEYS April 26, 1955 A. D. DOWNS SAFETY mum" FOR AN OUTBOARD MOTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 20, 1953 s R w H w W W m Q w m Hm D .A mw Nb i w w L 6U. 00 @U A 8 w V 6 @UOM NU W on 0W 0W m M @m 0. am wm, aw M U@ 0 OW W-| N Um Um om h m 8 UV Nm 8 mm vm m mm Um mm v mm Q. J UNmmu Um U f Um mm Q41 00 mm O O O 2 mm 2 mm 1% v w u .rdIV 304W uOvw .F m 1 PH 5L .F

April 26, 1955 A. D. DOWNS SAFETY MOUNT FOR AN OUTBOARD MOTOR 3. Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Oct. 20, 1953 uvmvron ALVA D. Downs E///.// v A My NW 0m. 8m @m w m in AT TOQ N EYS United States Patent Ofiiice 2,706,959 Patented Apr. 26, 1955 2,706,959 SAFETY MOUNT FOR AN OUTBOARD MOTOR Alva D. Downs, Quanah, Tex. Application October 20, 1953, Serial No. 387,201 3 Claims. (Cl. 11541) same time retard the speed the outboard motor.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which means encounters a submerged obstacle.

Other features include means connected to the antenna engages a submerged obstaclev In the drawings: Figure l is a side view in elevation of a boat showing this improved safety motor mount attached thereto;

igure 2 is a top plan view of Figure I; Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of 2 being elevated.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a conventional outboard motor boat designated generally 10 comprises a hull 12 havinga bow 14 and a conventional stern trana transversely extending substantially U-shaped handle y means of which the d handled. Lugs 34 project outwardly from the bed plate 26 adjacent the upper end thereof and are provided with openings for th U-shaped body carrying an elongated plate 42 which slides in the guide- Ways 30 and a spaced parallel pad 44 which extends upwardly and over th of the motor M submerged below the bottom of the boat. Carried by the bed plate 26 adjacent one of the guideways 30 is a latch housing 54 A retractile coil spring 6 1s connected ad acent one end to the lever 50 opposite end to yieldingly urge the lever 60 toward of the boat. It will be obvious that extending downwardly along shoe 70. Suitable braces 72 extend downwardly and forwardly from the arms 68 to obstacle lying in the path of advance of the boat. It will U-shaped outboard motor support mounted in the guidethus be seen that when the trip lever 76 or antenna enways to move up and down therein, one leg of said mocounters a submerged obstacle, it will be moved about tor support defining a pad adjacent the rear of the tranits pivotal connection with the arm 74 in a vertical arsom against which an outboard motor is clamped, a cuate path. Pivotally connected intermediate its ends to 5 treadle carried by the opposite leg of the motor support the arm 74 intermediate the ends thereof is a trigger leand extending outwardly therefrom adjacent the lower ver 78 which is connected through the medium of a link end thereof, arms carried by the motor support and ex- 80 to the trip lever 76 remote from its pivotal connection tending outwardly therefrom adjacent the treadle, reto the arm 74. It will thus be seen that as the trip lever tractile coiled springs connected to the lugs and to the 76 moves in its arcuate path, the trigger lever 78 will arms for exerting lifting etfort on the motor support, a move in unison therewith. toothed bar carried by the leg of the motor support car- A retractile coil spring 82 is connected to the trigger rying the treadle, said bar being movable in unison with lever 78 adjacent the upper end thereof and to the boat the motor support, a latch carried by the bed plate for 10 so as to yieldingly urge the upper end of the trigger movement into and out of engagement with the toothed lever 78 toward the stern of the boat and the trip lever bar, a lever mounted in advance of the motor support 76 forwardly in its arcuate path. Connected to the trigand extending downwardly below the level thereof, and ger lever 78 adjacent the upper end thereof is a flexisaid lever being operatively connected to the latch for ble member 84 which is extended over a suitable guide disengaging it from the toothed bar when a submerged pulley 86 carried by the boat and thence through the duct obstacle is engaged by the lever. 22, to be connected through a suitable coupling unit 86 2. A safety mount for an outboard motor comprising to a selected position on the lever 60, It will thus be a bed plate adapted to be supported on the stern transom seen that when an obstacle is encountered by the trip of a boat, a flange carried by the bed plate and extendlever 76, the trigger lever 78 will be moved in a direction ing outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper edge thereof to exert pull on the flexible member 84 to thereby move for engaging the top edge of the transom, clamps carthe lever 60 against the eifort of the spring 64 and exried by the bed plate and engaging the transom for tract the latch 56 from engagement with the toothed bar clamping the bed plate thereto, spaced parallel guide- 52. Such disengagement of the latch 56 from the bar ways carried by the bed plate on the side thereof remote 52 will permit the outboard motor support 40 to move from the flange, said guideways extending perpendicularupwardly in the guideways under the influence of the ly with relation to the flange, lugs carried by the bed plate springs 50 to lift the outboard motor M with the propel- 30 and extending outwardly from its upper edge on the side let P and rudder R lying above the level of the bottom thereof adjacent the guideways, the substantially U- of the boat, shaped handle carried by the guideways and extending In order to avoid the racing of the motor M upon the outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper end thereof, an extraction of the propeller P from the water, a cable 88 inverted U-shaped outboard motor support mounted on is connected to the trigger lever 78 and is extended the guideways to move up and down therein, and one leg around a suitable guide pulley adjacent the guide pulley of said motor support defining a pad adjacent the rear of 86 and through the duct 22 over a suitable guide pulley the transom against which an outboard motor is clamped. 90 mounted on the boat 10 adjacent the transom 16 and 3. A safety mount for an outboard motor comprising coupled to the cable 88 adjacent the transom 16 is a rea bed Plate adapted to he supported on the Stem transom tractile coil spring 92 which is connected to the throttle of a oat, a flange Carried by the bed plate and extending lever T of the outboard motor M. It will thus be seen outwardly therefrom adjacent the pp g h re f for that when the trigger lever 78 is operated by the trip engaging the top edge of the transom, clamps carried by lever 76, pull will be exerted on the cable 88 to move e d p ate and engaging the transom for clamping the the throttle T of the outboard motor M to a slow or stop bed Plate thereto, Spaced Parallel guideways carried y iti the bed plate on the side thereof remote from the flange,

In some instances it may be found desirable to select 531d guideways extending perpendicularly With relation the depth to which the propeller P and rudder R of the t the flange, h1g5 Carried y the bed Plate and xt ndmotor M are submerged in the water in which event a mg outwardly from its pp edge 0n the Side thereof suitable jack designated generally I may be supported adiacehhthe guideways, the Substantially P on the treadle 46 with its elevating mechanism engaging 50 dle earned y the guideways and extending outwardly the handle 32 so that upon movement of the jack handle therefrom adjacent the PP end thel'eot, an inverted H in a selected direction, the jack may be actuated to Shaped Outboard motor PP mounted On the guideseparate the treadle 46 from the handle 32 in a step by y to move P and down therein, one leg of Said step' motion so that the latch 56 may be engaged with pp? defining a P adjacent the Year Of the t na selected tooth in the toothed bar 52 to retain the out- 55 sofhhgalhst which an Outboard motel is clamped, arms b d motor M i h l d i i carried by the motor support and extending outwardly in the foregoing (here has been hown and detherefrom adjacent the l0Wl' edge thereof, retractile scribed the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is 2 p l Connected to the lugs and t0 the a ms for to be understood that minor changes in the details of conexel'tlhg llttihg effort on the motor pp a tOOthed struction, combination and arrangement of parts may be earned by the leg of the motor pp pp the resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope P Said bar being movable in unison wi h the motor f h i ti as l i d support, a latch carried by the bed plate for movement Wh i l i d i into and out of engagement with the toothed bar, and 1. A safety mount for an outboard motor comprising means carried by the boat in advance of the motor supa bed plate adapted to be supported on the stern transom P and aftehdihg downwardly below the bottom t r of a boat, a flange carried by the bed plate and extend- 0t, and 3 means being p y connected to th mg outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper edge thereof latch dlsehgagihg it from the toothed ar When a subfor engaging the top edge of the transom, clamps carried merged Obstacle is engaged y the leverby the bed plate and engaging the transom for clampingdtlge bgd bplczlitelthereto,hspatz1ed tparallel guideways car- References Cited in the file of this Patent rie y t e e p ate on t e si e t ereof remote from the flange, said guideways extending perpendicularly with UNXTED STATES PATENTS relation to the flange, lugs carried by the bed plate and 444,475 W d Jan. 13, 1891 extending outwardly from its upper edge on the side 712,081 M l er Oct. 28, 1902 thereof adjacent the guideways, a substantially U-shaped 7 05, 37 Savoy July 28, 1914 handle carried by the guideways and extending outward- 1,881,251 Tobener Oct, 4, 1932 1y therefrom adjacent the upper ends thereof, an inverted 9 Samuelson I an. 17, 1933 

